Re: [SCA-JML] "Arigatou"

... Ben Bullock s Alternative FAQ is off-line for the foreseeable future, apparently. I d suggest paying attention to the posts of Jim Breen and Gerald

Message 1 of 6
, May 9, 2000

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> I looked up Arigatou and Obrigado together and found many links, most of
> them to www.hayamasa.demon.co.uk (which doesn't seem to work for me,
> btw) and the sci.lang.japan FAQ. Even though I couldn't read most of the
> pages, their descriptions contained enough info to answer my question,
> although I still don't have any references to back it up (all I really ned
> is to find a usage before the arrival of the Portugese, really).

This raises the question - is there an equivalent to the OED for
Japanese?

Yumitori

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Joshua Badgley

... My Japanese friends here tell me to try Koujien . Sorry, don t know what the kanji would be. These are students, not Japanese language professors, but

Message 2 of 6
, May 9, 2000

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On Tue, 9 May 2000, Ron Martino wrote:

> This raises the question - is there an equivalent to the OED for
> Japanese?
>

My Japanese friends here tell me to try "Koujien". Sorry, don't know
what the kanji would be. These are students, not Japanese language
professors, but they say it is pretty well known.

-Godric Logan

Barbara Nostrand

Noble Cousin! Just check any of the mega Japanese dictionaries. I own Daijirin. (Yes, I was influenced by the advertising in the trains.) Regardless, pretty

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, May 15, 2000

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Noble Cousin!

Just check any of the mega Japanese dictionaries. I own Daijirin.
(Yes, I was influenced by the advertising in the trains.) Regardless,
pretty much any of the mega dictionaries will tell you the etymology
of such words. For example, tempura is a Portugese word.

Recently, the question of the origins of arigatou came up. I wanted to point to the Alternative sci.lang.japan Frequently Asked Questions (long story as to

Message 4 of 6
, May 24, 2000

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Recently, the question of the origins of 'arigatou' came up. I wanted
to point to the "Alternative sci.lang.japan Frequently Asked Questions"
(long story as to why it's the 'alternative' one) for an answer, but it
was no longer on line. This has now been remedied. As a basic source of
information on Nihongo, it is well worth bookmarking. Go tohttp://www.dgs.monash.edu.au/~jwb/afaq/afaq.html.

Yumitori

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